Category: die cuts

Enjoy Life

I’ve been playing with Taylored Expressions stamps and dies this month, and today, I’m sharing a card created with the Hangin’ Out – At the Beach stamp set. It’s hot here in the Pacific Northwest, unusually so for the region, and the beach sounds like the perfect place to be at the moment!

Enjoy LifeI colored the palm tree and the surfboard with Copics; I stamped both on Gina K layering weight cardstock. I used the coordinating die to cut the palm tree; I fussy cut the surfboard. I used the Mama Elephant die set to cut the sandy hill, placed in front of two lines of waves cut with the Taylored Expressions Wave Border.

Hope you’re staying cool wherever you are today!

Supplies: Taylored Expressions Hangin’ Out – At the Beach stamp set, Wave Border die, Palm Tree die; Stampin’ Up cardstock (waves); Mama Elephant Landscape Trio; MFT Blueprints 1; Memory Box Marshmallow Clouds

Poppystamps Holiday Release: Thankful for You

The Poppystamps Blog Blitz is underway! Today, I’m sharing a Thanksgiving-themed card featuring one of the new dies.

Poppystamps Holiday Release: Thankful for You

To create the card, I cut the Leaf Silhouette out of six different colors of cardstock as well as out of the card base panel. Before cutting out the silhouette from the base panel, I ran it through my computer to print the sentiment.

I removed the silhouette and its pieces from the card panel and backed the panel with a strip of blank label paper (purchased at an office supply store). I then inserted the dark brown outline and began filling it up with the various leaf colors. I attached the panel to a dark brown card base.

Poppystamps Holiday Release: Deck the Halls

The Poppystamps Blog Blitz is underway! Today, I’m sharing a winter holiday-themed card featuring several of the new release dies combined with Poppystamps favorites.

Poppystamps Holiday Release: Deck the Halls

To create a cozy holiday scene, I started with the Elegant Stair Frame, which cuts and embosses. For color and decoration, I cut the Leafy Garland several times and attached it to the banister, adding some pearls as embellishment. I cut a portion of the Frozen Border and put it behind the Small Madison Window, to give the illusion of a snowstorm outside. The staircase frame is attached to the card base with dimensional adhesive to create depth. I finished off the scene with the Large Walking Cat and sentiment I created on my computer.

Penny Black Krafty Kats

I’m over on the Penny Black Blog today with another card featuring one of the new Krafty Kats stamps.

Penny Black Krafty Kats

I stamped and heat embossed the cat and sentiment on watercolor paper, and then watercolored the cat with Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and Distress Inks. I cut the panel with a rectangular die cut and attached it to a cellophane bag. The bag is attached directly to the card panel, which I stamped with the Dotted Fusion background stamp. The die cut tag, with a gift card attached, slips into the cellophane bag.

Penny Black supplies: 30-239 You’re Retro!, 40-278 Dotted Fusion, 51-007 Tagged

Best Mate – Stamp Nation Sketch Challenge

There’s a new sketch challenge over at Stamp Nation and I’m playing along with another nautical card.

Best Mate - Stamp Nation Sketch Challenge

Once I chose my sentiment, from Stampin’ Up’s Hello, Sailor set, the rest of the card was easy to pull together. The paper banners were cut from Carta Bella’s Ahoy patterned paper with MFT Fishtail Flag dies. The anchor was cut with a WPlus9 Design die from brushed silver cardstock. I stamped the MFT woodplank stamp with Hero Arts Soft Brown Shadow Ink on Stampin’ Up Crumb Cake cardstock. This is definitely a sketch I’ll revisit!

Supplies: Stampin’ Up Night of Navy ink; Stampin’ Up Hello, Sailor stamp set